Automobile-headlight and m



J. C. MOORE.

AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT AND MOUNTING THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED AUG-25.I915.

15 Patented. Aug. 22, 1916.

WITNESS INVENTOR TED sra'rns PATENT curios.

JOHN c. Moons, or coNNEnsvILLn, INDIANA.-

AUTOMOBILE-HEADLIGHT AND MOUNTING THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, rote.

Application filed August 25,1915, Serial No. 47 346.

To all whom e'trmajz concern:

"Be it known that 1, JOHN G. Moore, a citizen of the United States,residing at Connersvillegin the county. of Fayette and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Automobile-Headlight and MountingTherefor, of v? ich the following'is a specification.

My invention relates to the mounting of automobile head lights.

The object of my invention is to provide I showing the headlight,theheadlight bracket,

and a portion of the radiator; Fig. 2,i's aside view of such headlightmounting, with some parts in section; and Fig. 3 is -an enlarged sectionshowing in detail the mbuntill'g of the headlight casing inthe/headlight bracket to justnient.

automobile hood is of any desi ed type, and is mounted in anydesiredbframe 11 supported in any-usual manner y the main frame 12. Ahead lamp bracket '13 isfastened to each side of thefradiator fran'nyll,as by rivets 14 near. the top and bottom of .such bracket, and isprovided near the top with a laterally projecting shorthollow arm 15which at itsouterend is drilled horizontally to receive a hollow bolt 16having a head 1! at-its forward end and being provided with a screwthread 18 at its rear end to receive a nut 19;?Which cooperates with awasher 20 to tighten the bolt 16. The rear side of the headjl'? iscurved to fit against the inside surface of a curved casing 21 of aheadlight, "and force the outer rear surface of such casing against acorrespondingly curved concave face 22 on the front of a washer 23located between such casing and the front face of the drilled portion ofthe arm 15.}, The rear of the headlight casing 21 is provided with ahole 24 which is larger ,than the shank of the bolt 16, so as to allowsuch shank to pro]ect freely through it and to allow the casing 21 to bemoved on the surface 22. Within the easprovide the desired ading 21mounted the reflector 25, usually parabolic in shape, and on the rear ofthis reflector is a suitable lamp socket 226 which supports a lamp bulb27 at the focus of such reflector At the front of the headlight is theusual glass disk 28. From the socket 26 a lamp cord 29, preferablyprovided with a flexible armor 30, extends through the hollow bolt 16,through a slot 31 in the side of such bolt, through the hollow arm 15,and through a channel 32 formed in the bracket 13, and projects belowthe top of the frame 12. The slot 81 is sufficiently large so that itssides will not interfere with the cable 29 as the bolt 16 is adjusted.

.The armored cable 29 is preferably supported at the front of the cableby a washer 33, to prevent chafing.

By having the bracket 13 rigidly fastened to the radiator frame 11, thevibration of the bracket and the head light are almost whollyeliminated. By loosening the nut 19 the clamping action of the head 17and the washer 23 on the headlight casing 21 relieved, and the headlightcasing may be slid along the curved surface 22 to adjust the directionin which the headlight throws its beam of light. WVhen the desiredadjustment is obtained the nut 19 is tightened and the headlight firmlyheldin the adjusted position.

I claim as my invention:

. 1. In combination, an automobile radiator frame, a headlight bracketextending vertically along the side of such frame and rigidly attachedthereto, said bracket having a short lateral arm in its upper end, and aforwardly projecting headlight mounted. on the outer end of said shortarm.

2. In combination, an automobile radiator frame, a headlight bracketextending, vertical'ly along the side of such frame and rigidly attachedthereto, and a headlight mounted in the upper end of said bracket 3. Incombination, a headlight. bracket rigidly fastened to the side of anautomocommunicating with said opening, a hollow bolt in said opening,said bolt having a lateral opening in its shank to provlde aconvnecilonmatwecn its interior and said wire channel, and a headlighthaving a casing provided at its rear with. a hole through which theshank of said bolt extends, said hole bein larger than said shank andthe head of the bolt being within said casing, so that the tightening ofthe bolt clamps the headlight easing between the bolt head and the frontface of the bracket.

4. In combination, a headlight bracket, said bracket being provided witha forwardly directed opening through it and also being provided with awire channel eX- tending along its body and communicating withsaid'opening, a hollow bolt in said opening, said bolt having a lateralopening in its shank to provide a connection between ,its interior andsaid wire channel and also having its head cooperating with the frontface of the bracket to-t'orm a clamp for a headlight.

5. In combination, a headlight support, said support being provided witha forwardly directed opening through it, a bolt in said opening, and aheadlight having a casing provided at its rear with a hole through whichthe shank of said bolt eX- vtends, said hole being materially largerthan said shank and the head of the bolt being within said casing, .sothat the tightening of the bolt clamps the headlight casing between thebolt head and the front face of the support and the loosening of thebolt permits adjustment of the headlight.

6. In combination, a headlight bracket, said bracket being provided witha forwardly directed opening through it and also b ing provided with awire channel extending along its body and communicating with. saidopening, a hollow bolt in said opening, said bolt having a lateralopening in its shank to provide a connection between its interior andsaid wire channel, and a headlight having a casing provided. at its rearwith a hole through which the shank of said bolt extends, said holebeing larger than said shank and the head of the bolt being Within saidcasing, so that the tightening of the bolt clamps the headlight. casingbetween the bolt head and the front face of the bracket.

7. In combination, a headlight support, said support being provided witha forwardlv directed opening through it, a bolt in said opening, aheadlight havlng a caslng provlded at 1ts rear with ahole through whichthe shank of said bolt extends",'"said hole being materially larger thansaid shank rear of said headlight casing being curved,

and the rear faceoi' the bolt head and a forwardly directed face onepart rigid with the support being similarly curved to cooperate with theinterior and exterior faces of said headlight casing, so that upon theloosening of the bolt the headlight may be adjusted on said. curvedsurfaces to adjust the direction in which the light from the headlightis thrown. I

. 8. In combination, a headlight bracket, said bracket being providedwith a forwardly directed opening through it and also being providedwith a wire channel eXtending along its body and communicating with saidopening, a hollow bolt in said opening, said bolt having a lateralopening in its shank to provide a' connection between its interior andsaid wire channel, a headlight having a casing provided at its rear witha hole through which the shank of said bolt extends, said hole beinglarger than said shank and the head of the bolt being within saidcasing, so that the tightening oi. the bolt clamps the l'ieadlightcasing between the bolt head and the front face of the bracket, saidheadlightalso having a reflector and a lamp bulb mounted at the focus ofsaid. reflector,

9. In combination, a headlight bracket for automobiles, comprising abody'portion automobile radiator, and a laterally projecting arm at itsupper end vfor supporting the.

provided with means for attaching it"to an" i my hand at Gonnersville,Indiana, this 21st '7 day of August, A, hundred and fifteen.

JOHN c. Moons.

D. one thousand nine

